scholarly journals Strategic planning and its relationship with the competitiveness and permanence of chinese family SMEs in Mexicali / La planeación estratégica y su relación con la competitividad y permanencia de las PYMEs familiares chinas en Mexicali

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 3783-3808
Author(s):  
Zulema Cordova Ruiz ◽  
Sósima Carrillo ◽  
Loreto María Bravo Zanoguera ◽  
Francisco Meza Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Central Axis ◽  
Organizational Dynamics ◽  
Chinese Family ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Chinese Origin ◽  
Family Smes ◽  
Wide Potential

Family SMEs of Chinese origin in Mexicali, Baja California, are part of a dynamic and transcendental sector due to their participation in economic activity and development, having a favorable impact on the development of the State, having as a characteristic that the owner is the pillar and central axis of the administrative exercise, being the image as an organization, and the natural leader within, being the center of the organizational dynamics. The research is descriptive, non-experimental, cross-sectional, considering the commercial segment with a wide potential due to its ability to face problems that concern it and because it constitutes the most important sector, with the aim of identifying whether among the factors of closure and lack of consolidation of this type of companies, is the low implementation of strategic planning. The instrument applied was a questionnaire to a sample of 30 companies, the information obtained was processed and statistically analyzed. The results show that there is a considerable tendency towards resistance to investing time and effort in carrying out the design of strategic planning, concluding that actions should be generated, designed and implemented to help carry out the operation, achieving competitiveness and sustainability. permanence in the market.

Strategic Planning in Emergency Management: Evaluating the Impacts on Local Program Quality

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Robert Manning
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Program Quality ◽  
County Level ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Local Program

AbstractThis study examined the strategic planning practices of county-level emergency management agencies (EMAs), with a specific focus on strategic planning adoption and its relationship to local program quality. The study utilized a descriptive, cross-sectional survey design to collect planning- and program-related data from more than 300 county-level EMAs across the United States. The study findings revealed that most of the county EMAs included in the final sample had previously engaged in strategic planning activities, with nearly all of them continuing to use strategic planning as part of their general management practice. The study findings further revealed that strategic planning had a direct and significant impact on the overall quality of local emergency management programs, and that the strategic planning EMAs had significantly higher mean quality scores across all program dimensions when compared to the non-strategic planning EMAs.

scholarly journals Nighttime Lights and County-Level Economic Activity in the United States: 2001 to 2019

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 2741
Author(s):  
John Gibson ◽  
Geua Boe-Gibson
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Validation Studies ◽  
National Level ◽  
Predictive Performance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Nighttime Lights ◽  
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

Nighttime lights (NTL) are a popular type of data for evaluating economic performance of regions and economic impacts of various shocks and interventions. Several validation studies use traditional statistics on economic activity like national or regional gross domestic product (GDP) as a benchmark to evaluate the usefulness of NTL data. Many of these studies rely on dated and imprecise Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) data and use aggregated units such as nation-states or the first sub-national level. However, applied researchers who draw support from validation studies to justify their use of NTL data as a proxy for economic activity increasingly focus on smaller and lower level spatial units. This study uses a 2001–19 time-series of GDP for over 3100 U.S. counties as a benchmark to examine the performance of the recently released version 2 VIIRS nighttime lights (V.2 VNL) products as proxies for local economic activity. Contrasts were made between cross-sectional predictions for GDP differences between areas and time-series predictions of GDP changes within areas. Disaggregated GDP data for various industries were used to examine the types of economic activity best proxied by NTL data. Comparisons were also made with the predictive performance of earlier NTL data products and at different levels of spatial aggregation.

scholarly journals Strategic Planning in the Student Assistance Public Policy: A Scenario Analysis at the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL) as Support for the Implementation of the National Plan for Student Assistance (PNAES)

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 651-664
Author(s):  
Gilmar Sarmento Da Silva Junior ◽  
Paulo Da Cruz Freire Dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Scenario Analysis ◽  
Organizational Capacity ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Socioeconomic Vulnerability ◽  
Problem Situations ◽  
Analysis Tools ◽  
Swot Matrix ◽  
Student Assistance

Objective: The present study had the purpose of analyzing variables that directly influence the strategic planning of the Pro-Rectory Student (PROEST) of the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL) using scenario building management tools.  Methodology: The research is exploratory and applied with the use of survey, documentary, bibliographic, questionnaires and interviews with the civil servants, managers and students in a quali-quanti cross-sectional analysis with scenario focusing on the scenario from the SWOT matrix and survey of priority actions from the perspective of the target audience  Originality: The application of scenario analysis tools, using the SWOT matrix as a guide and delimiter of the planning of actions to be developed by the UFAL, enables a new perception of the academic unit in relation to problem situations and management focus.Main results: Students in a situation of socioeconomic vulnerability glimpse a greater amount of actions aimed at direct transfer of resources, which is justified due to the difficulties faced daily by these students who use these resources to maintain their activities at the University and in self and family support; on the other hand, the SWOT matrix presents a scenario of offensive weakness where the unit does not have internal organizational capacity related to the totality of PNAES actions.  Theoretical Contributions: The adoption of scenario analysis tools enables the integrationbetween planning and operation of the strategic process in the construction of multiannual planning with the use of configurations and awareness of characteristics for effective deliberation, including the best paths after organizational diagnosis analysis.

scholarly journals Assessment of Alcohol Consumption and Anxiety as Predictors of Risk of Anorexia and Bulimia in Non-Clinicals Samples

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (17) ◽  
pp. 6293
Author(s):  
Gisela Pineda-García ◽  
Estefanía Ochoa-Ruiz ◽  
Gilda Gómez-Peresmitré ◽  
Silvia Platas-Acevedo
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Disturbance Model ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive

The objective of this study is to assess the effect of alcohol consumption, anxiety, and food restriction before and after consuming alcohol and body image on the risk of anorexia and bulimia in college students from Tijuana, Baja California, through predictive statistical models. A quantitative, descriptive, and cross-sectional design and a non-probabilistic sample of 526 college students from Tijuana, Baja California, México were used. Application of the scales (with acceptable psychometric properties) was conducted in classrooms. Through path analyses, four models were found with adequate indicators of goodness of fit: (1) risk of anorexia in women [Chi Square (X2) = 5.34, p = 0.376, Adjusted Determination Coefficient (R2)= 0.250]; (2) anorexia risk for men (X2 = 13.067, p = 0.192, R2 = 0.058); (3) risk of bulimia in women (X2 = 3.358, p = 0.645, R2 = 0.202); and bulimia risk for men (X2 = 14.256, p = 0.075, R2 = 0.284). The findings provide empirical evidence for the food and alcohol disturbance model.

Tacit Knowledge and Generational Change: The China Factor, Enterprise Development and Malaysian Chinese Family SMEs in Traditional Food Production

China Report ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-128
Author(s):  
John Lee Kean Yew
Keyword(s):  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Chinese Family ◽  
Traditional Food ◽  
Generational Change ◽  
Ethnic Chinese ◽  
Family Smes ◽  
Positive Feelings ◽  
Reliable Knowledge ◽  
Malaysian Chinese

Southeast Asia with its historical concentration of ethnic Chinese remains an important economic hub encouraging cross-disciplinary inquiries on themes relating to businesses. In industrialising Malaysia, there is little research on their capacity to develop tacit knowledge of the founding generation mostly inherited from China, before starting a business in Malaysia. This assessment of four thriving Malaysian Chinese family SMEs in food production evaluates how a new generational change has innovated their traditional food products. Interestingly, tradition may enable these Malaysian Chinese firms to innovate by building on more reliable knowledge and resources, extensively validated over time, and hence reduce development and utilisation costs. The well-trained second and third generations have been innovating tacit knowledge to elicit strong and positive feelings of ‘Chinese’ identity, increasing the value of new products through R&D by embedding past knowledge and facilitating the legitimacy of innovative functionalities and obtaining market acceptance.

scholarly journals Strategic Planning Process Intensity and Formality Impact on the Performance of Accredited Universities in Kenya

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Christine A. Kabui ◽  
Vincent N. Machuki ◽  
John K. Yabs ◽  
James M. Njihia
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Strategic Planning Process ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
University Performance

This study sought to investigate if the strategic planning process has significant influence on the performance of accredited universities in Kenya. Beyond the strategic plan document, the intensity and formality with which the process of strategic planning is carried out, its extensiveness and inclusiveness, is a concern for organizations in the twenty first century. Performance of accredited universities is conceptualized into growth and ranking as guided by the world standard for performance of tertiary institutions. The study is anchored on the institutional theory and contingency theory and it is founded on the positivist philosophical orientation as it is based on theory. Further, it adopts a descriptive cross sectional survey design. The population of interest were all accredited universities in Kenya as at November 2016. The findings indicate a statistically significant direct relationship between strategic planning process and growth (F=2.605, p=0.047 and R2=.303) and with ranking (F=1.995, p=0.033 and R2=0.218). Engaging university stakeholders in the strategic planning process and focusing the energies of members on the seven key variables of the strategic planning process should be encouraged and enhanced since it has a positive effect on university performance. The formality of the strategic planning process has a negative effect on university performance hence there is need to balance formality with allowing room for creativity to avoid missing out on innovative approaches from university members. Further research into other industries with different performance measures and the use of longitudinal design are recommended as possible areas for further research to enhance generalization of current study findings.

“Justice of the Marketplace”: Legal Disputes and Economic Activity on America's Northeastern Frontier, 1700–1860

2008 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Zorina Khan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Critical Period ◽  
The United States ◽  
Market Exchange ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Community Norms ◽  
Over Time

The analysis of markets, courts, and civil litigation on the northeastern frontier of the United States provides a valuable opportunity to assess the evolution of institutions during economic development. The data set pools longitudinal and cross-sectional observations on 30,000 lawsuits filed in Maine during the critical period between 1700 and 1860. The earliest legal institutions moderated both social and economic norms, but courts quickly began to specialize in commercial issues. The residence of debtors and creditors and changes in spatial characteristics over time yield insights into the nature and extent of capital markets and impersonal exchange. The distribution and disposition of property and debt cases indicate that early markets were well developed and orderly; the evidence of “social tension” between debtors and creditors was minimal. The results do not support the standard claim of a transition from interactions based on community norms to impersonal market exchange late in the eighteenth century.

Nurturing transgenerational entrepreneurship in ethnic Chinese family SMEs: exploring Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 294-325
Author(s):  
Jacob Donald Tan ◽  
Hendrawan Supratikno ◽  
Rudy Pramono ◽  
John Tampil Purba ◽  
Innocentius Bernarto
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Business Case ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Traumatic Experiences ◽  
Chinese Family ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Ethnic Chinese ◽  
Literature Reviews ◽  
Family Smes

Purpose This paper aims to explore and explain how predecessors (incumbents) of ethnic Chinese family small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia or appropriately called Chinese-Indonesian family SMEs nurture their successors in procuring transgenerational entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach A total of 25 participants were involved in this qualitative study which employed a multi-method triangulation design with the following research instruments: semi-structured in-depth interviews with experts, incumbents and successors of Chinese-Indonesian family SMEs, field notes from conversations and observations during engagement with participants affiliated to the family SMEs, a focus group discussion with academicians and literature reviews. Another key approach is source triangulation, where different participants – e.g. from among the experts, from among the incumbents, successors and family members in each family business case were interviewed and engaged outside the interview sessions. Findings The proposed theoretical framework depicts comprehensive attributes of nurturing Chinese-Indonesian successors to continue enterprising at the helm of family SMEs. Propositions are used to explain the impacts these attributes have on transgenerational entrepreneurship specifically. At the personal level, incumbents have to focus on discovering the successors’ passions and nurture them in formal education, childhood involvement, as well as bridging them in entrepreneurial knowledge through cultural values, mentorship, autonomy and role modelling. Incumbents also had to plan for their retirements to provide autonomy for successors. At the firm/family level, incumbents must be able to set a foothold on family governance, firm governance and ownership distribution to reduce conflicts in their family businesses. Furthermore, as a minority group with past traumatic experiences, Chinese-Indonesian family SMEs usually equip themselves with contingency plans to protect their assets for the long-term future. Research limitations/implications This study was conducted in Indonesia amongst Chinese-Indonesian family SMEs and thus it is not generalisable in other settings. Literature reviews on family SMEs succession are still scant, especially on the Chinese-Indonesian. Practical implications Predecessors/incumbents of Chinese-Indonesian family SMEs could consider implementing the proposed nurturing strategies to their successors to sustain the longevity of the business based on trust, stewardship and harmony. The theoretical research framework resulted from this study offers general suggestions on how to nurture the next generation specifically from personal/interpersonal perspectives, which must be accompanied by specific scopes of family and firm aspects. This study extends beyond indicating the factors (ingredients) by explaining how to nurture transgenerational entrepreneurship (cook the ingredients) in SMEs for a tactful transition. Hence, the incumbents play vital roles and must be poised to adjust their mindsets to certain aspects indicated in this study. Social implications Most overseas Chinese businesses are family-owned, and besides Indonesia constituting the largest Chinese population outside the Republic of China, this 3 per cent of Indonesia’s people are known for controlling about 70 per cent of the economy. Furthermore, SMEs play a significant role in the Indonesian economy, as they provide about 97 per cent off the country’s employment and 57.8 per cent of the gross domestic product. Hence, the longevity of Chinese-Indonesian family SMEs must be well managed to bolster the economy and social welfare of the country. Originality/value A transgenerational entrepreneurship model in the context of Chinese-Indonesian family SMEs which incorporates the nurturing process of the successor to step up the helm of the business is proposed in the study.

scholarly journals VIIRS Nighttime Lights in the Estimation of Cross-Sectional and Time-Series GDP

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1057 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi Chen ◽  
William D. Nordhaus
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Areal Unit ◽  
Metropolitan Statistical Areas ◽  
Us States ◽  
Nighttime Lights

This study extends previous applications of DMSP OLS nighttime lights data to examine the usefulness of newer VIIRS lights in the estimation of economic activity. Focusing on both US states and metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), we found that the VIIRS lights are more useful in predicting cross-sectional GDP than predicting time-series GDP data. This result is similar to previous findings for DMSP OLS nighttime lights. Additionally, the present analysis shows that high-resolution VIIRS lights provide a better prediction for MSA GDP than for state GDP, which suggests that lights may be more closely related to urban sectors than rural sectors. The results also indicate the importance of considering biases that may arise from different aggregations (the modifiable areal unit problems, MAUP) in applications of nighttime lights in understanding socioeconomic phenomenon.

scholarly journals Does Organizational Structure Moderate the Relationship between Strategic Planning and Competitive Advantage? A Study of Large Manufacturing Firms in Kenya

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Jackson K. Maingi ◽  
Zachary B. Awino ◽  
Peter O. KObonyo ◽  
Ganesh P. Pokhariyal
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Organization Structure ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Relationship

Several studies have been carried out in the past to find out how strategic planning and competitive advantage are connected and the causes of differences in competitive advantage among firms. Scholars have argued that competitive advantage can emanate from either internal or external sources and is usually in several forms which include; valuable resources, the position held within the industry, position within the marketplace, operating at lower costs than rival firms, differentiation, capabilities and dynamic capabilities. The debate on what causes differences in competitive advantage is still on. This study sought to establish the moderating effect of organizational structure on the relationship between strategic planning and competitive advantage of large manufacturing firms in Kenya. The study was underpinned by the competitive advantage typology of Michael Porter, the resource-based theory, dynamic capabilities theory, and the contingency theory. The study used a positivist research paradigm and a cross-sectional survey design. This was a census study from 124 large manufacturing firms in Kenya and data was collected from 122 of the firms representing a response rate of 98.4%. The findings indicate that overall strategic planning has a statistically significant influence on competitive advantage and that organizational structure partially moderates the relationship between strategic planning and competitive advantage. The study recommended that once the strategy of the firm has been changed, an organization structure that fits the needs of the new strategy should be put in place. This is because in the absence of an organization structure that fits the needs of the firm, it will be difficult for the firm to achieve and sustain a position of competitive advantage.

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